The Colonial Province of New Hampshire

[Lost&Found]

I paid $4 today for this Bill of Land Sale between William Brafsbridge and Joseph Coolbroth for land and a house in Newington New Hampshire for the sum of £438 dated 25 Sept 1755. I believe it's authentic since it's easy to see the impression of the type face, watermark and the handwritten ink. It's a little piece of history and in good condition for a 260 year old document. I still have to research the signers. But even if they are not significant I still think it's a cool.

 

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[diggummup]

Nice piece of local history. I'm sure it has some type of value. $4 was a steal!

 

[bigcaddy64]

I would of bought it for 50.00. I love old documents like that! My best is a muster roll from Napoleons army. His name isn't on there as a signature but it's his army and its old!

Good find!

 

[Baltimore]

Very cool! It'll be hard to put a price on that (if you decide to sell it), but I imagine to the right person it could be worth a hefty sum! Great find!

 

[Lost&Found]

Yeah, trying to find comparable items has been hard but since its condition, pre revolution and already framed I am thinking $200-300. I found a 1694 land sale bill from NYC that a dealer is asking $525.

 

[digging440yrs]

Great piece of history, are you going to try and find out where this house/property is ? What a spot to detect !

 

[Lost&Found]

I haven't tried to find the exact location of the house and land yet, but a large tract of the Newington area was condemned by eminent domain and Pease AFB was built there. Then succeeded by Portsmouth International Airport after the base was closed.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[NHBandit]

Pease International Trade Port is where the AF base used to be. I grew up there. Newington is a VERY commercialized area now with a mall and tons of other stores & businesses. Very doubtful you'll be doing much detecting there unless you get lucky & find one of the few remaining patches of dirt among all the asphalt & concrete.

 

[Lost&Found]

Found out that Joseph Coolbroth was the son of George Coolbroth and one of the family homes could be preserved near the town church.

https://books.google.com/books?id=L...K#v=onepage&q=coolbroth new hampshire&f=false

 

[Lost&Found]

Had a little extra time to research Joseph Coolbroth

3_Joseph COOLBROTH born 1728, Newingham, Rockingham, NH
NOTES:
Served with Col Samuel Moore in the siege of Louisburg in 1745.
April 14, 1752 Bought land from his father in Newington, NH.
27 March 27, 1758 appears in the Vital Records of Newington when he was elected enforcer of the deer acres.
1771 and 1780 in NH
1776 appears on the Patriots list Newington,NH as a Corporal. He rec'd a pension of $24.00 from NH.
1790-1810 US Census shows him in Newington, NH
Mar 29, 1781 he was elected auditor
Nov 25, 1782 he was elected to a committee to look at the form of the new state gov't.
Source: LDS file 0015248

His brother James was killed at The Battle of Machias June 12,1775

Machias lost two men, John McNiell and James Coolbroth. Coolbroth died after the skirmish of his wounds. Three others were badly wounded but survived.

The first sea battle of the Revolution was like a scene from the movie Shrek, where townsmen armed with pitchforks, swords, and axes gave chase to a hated loyalist.

Rather than give in to the owner of a merchant fleet who refused to sell his supplies unless the town gave him wood to build soldiers' barracks in Boston, the townsmen of Machias, Maine, had plotted to arrest the owner and seize the ships' cargo; however, the crew had spotted the militia, fled to the safety of the British military escort, and set sail. After commandeering one of the merchant ships, the militia armed themselves as best they could and overtook the British Navy schooner. After ramming her side, 40 patriots boarded the enemy vessel, killed her commander, and took control of the ship. The Battle of Machias occurred on June 12, 1775.

 

[JimDon]

i love the old colonial documents. I picked up one from my hometown for $75 a few years back. it was unframed. Great purchase.